Author Topic: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon (Read 109108 times)

SamKey · « **Reply #80 on:** January 31, 2014, 03:00:22 PM »

Quote from: @Yehuda on January 29, 2014, 02:08:45 PM

Well it's 30K for that leg but under Plan B you book the regular 60K and are assigned a coach seat until biz avail. opens up.

This is what I just did

MoGro17 · « **Reply #81 on:** February 02, 2014, 10:13:25 AM »

Quote from: @Yehuda on January 29, 2014, 07:41:27 PM

OMG OMG OMG IT'S SHAVUOS!!!!

This was, without a doubt, the climax of the thread.

I was so pumped for the brussels trip!

Eli+ · « **Reply #82 on:** February 02, 2014, 04:24:05 PM »

Quote from: @Yehuda on January 29, 2014, 06:02:02 PM

Points transferred successfully!
Flight booked 120K miles and ~$50! Phone reservations fees waived!

Time to take a breather for a day or 2 before we move on. Oh, and the wife's happy!

When do we start chapter 2 ? We are all on the edge of our seats..

@Yehuda · « **Reply #83 on:** February 02, 2014, 07:01:21 PM »

Quote from: Excalibur on January 29, 2014, 10:55:03 AM

AA to Europe oj plus trailing domestic seems like best idea for getting to Europe. Also Avios from Europe to tlv should be easy to find dive you're traveling around and could just adjust your departure point

Sorry never responded. Didn't really understand what you were suggesting, but bh that leg has worked out.

Quote from: MoGro17 on February 02, 2014, 10:13:25 AM

This was, without a doubt, the climax of the thread.
I was so pumped for the brussels trip!

Glad you found the thread! Sry didn't see ur request for a link. Yeah, too bad, but glad a flight still worked out.

Quote from: Eli+ on February 02, 2014, 04:24:05 PM

When do we start chapter 2 ? We are all on the edge of our seats..

Ha, thanks! Will start tomorrow morning! Watching the game now.

@Yehuda · « **Reply #84 on:** February 03, 2014, 01:15:11 PM »

OK, and we're back!
Just added a wiki to keep track of remaining point balances and destinations.

So, I want to leave Israel on June 22. Where to next? What's the best way to decide that? Find which airlines go direct to one of the cities on the list? Figure out which city makes sense to fly to and then plot a train route to go to others?

deal boy · « **Reply #85 on:** February 04, 2014, 04:01:00 AM »

What's with France any great places to see there besides Paris and did u find out if its all saf?

Drago · « **Reply #86 on:** February 04, 2014, 04:18:10 AM »

I haven't read the thread yet, but the AA explorer award can be a great way for you to spend multiple days in various European cities.
See this post for an example of what's possible.
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=18280.msg567112#msg567112

@Yehuda · « **Reply #87 on:** February 04, 2014, 10:32:41 AM »

Quote from: deal boy on February 04, 2014, 04:01:00 AM

What's with France any great places to see there besides Paris and did u find out if its all saf?

I haven't found out much yet, but check out the France trip reports.

Quote from: Drago on February 04, 2014, 04:18:10 AM

I haven't read the thread yet, but the AA explorer award can be a great way for you to spend multiple days in various European cities.
See this post for an example of what's possible.
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=18280.msg567112#msg567112

Interesting, I'll have to browse FT. Thanks!

Drago · « **Reply #88 on:** February 04, 2014, 11:23:19 AM »

Quote from: @Yehuda on February 04, 2014, 10:32:41 AM

Interesting, I'll have to browse FT. Thanks!

No need to browse there, as the rules aren't too complicated.

@Yehuda · « **Reply #89 on:** February 04, 2014, 11:25:37 AM »

Quote from: Drago on February 04, 2014, 11:23:19 AM

No need to browse there, as the rules aren't too complicated.

Well I read through their wiki also. Now, I'll start playing with it.

deal boy · « **Reply #90 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:15:38 PM »

florence is really fun plus they have have a small kosher restaurant there its basically on the way from venice to rome by train it really gives a different roman feeling than rome and venice less commercial

deal boy · « **Reply #91 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:18:13 PM »

also if you are going to london you can take a fast train (like 2.5 hours or something) to amsterdam which is really awesome they have the hieniken factory there and the ann franf house (make reservations really early for that) and the whole place is really cool

MC · « **Reply #92 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:23:24 PM »

In France we rented a car and drove up north to Normandie. The drive was beautiful and the beaches even more amazing! Also not as far from Paris as Marseilles...

@Yehuda · « **Reply #93 on:** February 04, 2014, 02:16:43 PM »

Cool ideas! I will most likely need trains at some point so that will definitely help.

Right now I started checking out this OneWorld Explorer Award. If I fly under 10,000 miles (which seems doable between TLV-touring Europe-NYC) it will be 70K per person, which I have enough for. So, the first step seems to be to see which cities OW has routes in. I'm using the http://onw.innosked.com/?show=MAP to help with that - picking a city I want to go to and seeing all cities they fly to from there. Once I have my Excel sheet completed, I can see which route makes sense. I'm also using http://www.gcmap.com/ to help visualize what the route would look like. A friend who did a Eurotrip said going East-West makes most sense, leaving Israel and heading back towards America.

@Yehuda · « **Reply #94 on:** February 04, 2014, 03:46:18 PM »

I also created this map from zeemaps.com to lay out the pins of where I want to go. Check it out here https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=835709&location=Europe#. You can see the legend on the bottom, which explains what destinations are choice 1, 2, 3.

Ergel · « **Reply #95 on:** February 04, 2014, 03:58:41 PM »

Pisa?

If you have any questions about scotland, feel free to ask

Drago · « **Reply #96 on:** February 04, 2014, 03:59:05 PM »

Typically, you'd have to do hub - x - hub flying when building your itin.
So the hubs of OW in Europe include VIE, various cities in Germany w/ AB, MAD and BCN w/ IB, and LHR w/ BA.
FinnAir is also in OW.

@Yehuda · « **Reply #97 on:** February 04, 2014, 04:02:31 PM »

Quote from: Ergel on February 04, 2014, 03:58:41 PM

Pisa?

If you have any questions about scotland, feel free to ask

Leaning Tower of Pisa. Friend just told me it's a day trip with a hike called cinqa terra.

Thanks, if we can fit it in, will definitely do!

@Yehuda · « **Reply #98 on:** February 04, 2014, 04:08:26 PM »

Quote from: Drago on February 04, 2014, 03:59:05 PM

Typically, you'd have to do hub - x - hub flying when building your itin.
So the hubs of OW in Europe include VIE, various cities in Germany w/ AB, MAD and BCN w/ IB, and LHR w/ BA.
FinnAir is also in OW.

Right, so that's going to be a bit annoying. In OW, TLV only has direct to LHR and MAD. So, let's say for example this could work: TLV-MAD-BCN-MAD(connection only)-ORY-LHR-VCE... but then I'm stuck in Venice. Any other legs would require going out of the way to a hub to get on to the next city. And then it will keep being, like you said, hub - x - hub.

Maybe this OW Explorer isn't a great idea for Europe...

Marco Polo · « **Reply #99 on:** February 04, 2014, 04:09:37 PM »

Quote from: @Yehuda on February 04, 2014, 04:08:26 PM

Right, so that's going to be a bit annoying. In OW, TLV only has direct to LHR and MAD. So, let's say for example this could work: TLV-MAD-BCN-MAD(connection only)-ORY-LHR-VCE... but then I'm stuck in Venice. Any other legs would require going out of the way to a hub to get on to the next city. And then it will keep being, like you said, hub - x - hub.

Maybe this OW Explorer isn't a great idea for Europe...

I think you are allowed an open jaw on explorer award. Maybe you can use BA to get to a different city and continue from there.

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